Barbro Arkhipov

I am an artist and illustrator from Norway. Also I used to work as a biologist with specialization in marine invertebrates and single cell organisms. I began to work within illustration and illustration research at the crossroad of sciences and arts. To me the illustration is a tool that allows grabbing the essence of feelings, personal experiences and scientific questions alike and to render them comprehensible to a wide audience. My projects won scholarships from Norwegian Illustration Fund and Grafill, presented at the International Illustration Research Symposium Illustrating Mental Health. I had my works exhibited in both personal exhibitions and as a part of joint projects.
My work is not only striving to make complex things clear, but is also calling to be mindful of the way society excludes certain types of experiences, be that due to lack of representation or the absence of an adequate language. Illustration then serves to develop the lacking vocabulary, which is missing for one to describe the questions concerning various aspects of life.